Oil-pan.



- .a citizen of'the United States,

St. Johnsbury, in the county of Caledonia.

. used in connection with a furnace or HAMILTON c. STUART, or sr. :onnsmmx, vmmonzr.

' OIL-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed September 29, 1916. Serial No. 122,900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMIUION S'rUAR'r,

and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n O1l- Pans, of which the following is a specifiration. L:

This invention relates to an improved fire starter and the principal ob]ect of the invention is to prov de a fire starter which can be with a kitchen stove'and which is so constructed coal.

that oil can be lighted .in a pan and the flame directed against the coal in t he fire box of the stove or furnace thus igniting the Another object of the invention is to so construct the oil carrying pan that a wick can bB'POSltlOIlEd therein.

Another'object of the invention is to so construct this device that it may be placed either under the grate or in a pocket formed in the shell of the furnace.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of a furnace showing one manner of using the fire starter,

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a second manner of using the fire starter in connection with a furnace.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a kitchen range showing the fire starter in place beneath the grate.

Fig. t is a top plan view of the oil carrying pan.' a

This fire starter may be used either in connection with furnaces shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and indicated by the numerals 10 and 11 respectively or may be used in connection withthe kitchen ran e shown in Fig. 3 and indicated in general by the numeral 12.- In the form shown in Fig. 1, the pan 13 which is provided with'a handle 14 is placed beneath the grate bars 15 upon the support 16 and the wick 17 which is prefcrabl y formed of asbestos and held at one side of the pan or receptacle 13 by means of the pin '18 is lighted. The flame will heat the oil thus vaporizing the oil and the draft will draw the flame from the ignited vapors up through the .fire box thus igniting the coal placed in the fire boxupon the grate. After residing at the fire is started, the pan together with its support 16 will be removed from the ash pit in which it is placed. In Fig. 3,'the same prineipleis employed, the pan being placed upon cross bars 19 placed in the ash pit of the kitchen range and the [lame from the burning oil will pass upwardly through the fire box thus igniting the coal or wood placed in the box.

In Fig. 2 there has been shown a fire kindler used in connection with a furnace of slightly different construction from that shown in Fig. 1 and somewhat similar to that shown in the 'application be'aring Serial Number 122,899. In this form, the oil ca'rry ing pan 13 is not placed in the ash pit hut is placed in a pocket 20 formed in the jacket of the furnace and communicating with an opening 21 provided so that a poker or other device may be passed into the fire box to remove clinkers or in order to stir up the fire and make it burn brighter without necessarily shaking the furnace. The flame from the burning oil or Wick is sucked in through the fire box through the opening 21 and as it engages coal will be ignited. It will thus be seen that the principle employed is the same but that in this form the pan is placed in the pocket 20 instead of in the ash pit.

\Vhat is claimed is i 1. A fuel carrier for the purpose'described comprising a receptacle, pins extending from the bottom of the receptacle adjacent one of the walls thereof, awick positioned between the pins and the wall of the receptacle and held in an upright positionand in engagement with the side wall, and a handle extending from the receptacle.

2. A fuel carrier for the purpose described com-prising a receptacle including a bottom and side walls, and wick engaging means extending from the bottom adjacent one oi'- the side walls for holding a wick in an upright position in the receptacle and in engagement with the side walls.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAMILTON C. STUART.

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